They thought there’d been a pre-meditated mass murder.
UK cops burst into a yoga class late Wednesday — after a terrified local thought students lying on the ground were victims of a “mass killing.”
The Seascape Cafe in Skegness revealed the hilarious mishap while apologizing for “the mass of police sirens” disturbing the seaside town’s zen.
The squad cars raced there “after someone had reported a mass killing in our building” after seeing “several people laying on the floor,” the cafe wrote on Facebook.
“Which actually turned out to be the Yoga Class in meditation,” the business said.
The only corpse lying around was the pose the attendees were performing. The “corpse pose” — also known as shavasana — is where a person lays on the back with their arms and legs spread out.
A group of yogis were knocked out of their zen on Wednesday night when police came knocking on the Seascape Cafe’s front door looking for a “mass killing” around 9:30 p.m. Facebook/Seascape Cafe – NSOThe Seascape Cafe alerted locals to ongoing classes in the hopes others do not get the same scare.
“We are not part of any mad cult or crazy clubs,” the posting quipped.
A witness was passing the observatory when they “reported a mass killing in our building.” Facebook/Seascape Cafe – NSOYoga instructor Millie, who owns Unity Yoga, confirmed on the Cafe’s post that “everyone is safe and we all enjoyed a wonderful evening of meditation and yoga.”
“My heart goes out to the people who thought I was a murderer but I can assure you I just hold space for deep relaxation,” she joked.
The participants were in the “corpse pose” — also known as shavasana — where they lie on their backs with their arm and legs out. Getty Images/iStockphoto“Nobody was harmed in the process,” she said on her own page.
Lincolnshire Police told the BBC the caller had “good intentions.”
“Officers attended, we’re happy to report everyone was safe and well,” a spokesperson said.
